Julian Batts plays college basketball out of state, so friends and family usually can watch his games only online.

But Batts played a game close to home — as close as the schedule would allow — and achieved a career milestone for the wacthful eyes of local fans.

Batts, a Jeannette product and senior basketball player at Long Island-Brooklyn, scored his 1,000th career point Sunday when the Sharks visited St. Francis (Pa.) in Loretto.

He hit the mark with a free throw with 2 minutes, 29 seconds to play in the first half. Batts finished with 11 points, three rebounds and pair of steals in a 74-71 loss to the Red Flash.

Batts, who has started all 29 games for LIU (16-18, 8-8 NEC), is one of the few male players from Jeannette to score 1,000 point in high school and in college. He is second on the Jayhawks’ scoring list, behind Terrelle Pryor, with 1,769 points.

Jordan Thomas also topped 1,000 points at Jeannette and later, at Seton Hill.

Men’s basketball

Pitt-Greensburg: A stellar regular season earned the Bobcats a No. 2 seed and a bye into the semifinals of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament. UPG (20-5), which finished behind La Roche in the standings, won’t play again until Friday.

The semifinals and final will be played at La Roche.

Bobcats sophomore guard JoJo France set a single-season record for 3-pointers in a season with 79.

Washington & Jefferson: Junior guard Zach Queen (Hempfield) scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, but the Presidents (14-11, 9-7) fell to PAC-leading Grove City (17-8, 13-3), 74-72.

WCCC: Sophomore guard Cam McKinney was named to the All-WPCC team. He led the Wolfpack in scoring at 14.8 points and also averaged 3.6 assists. McKinney scored 37 in a 107-104 overtime win over Butler County Community College.

WCCC finished 4-22 after lasting one round in the WPCC and Region XX tournaments.

Women’s basketball

La Roche: Senior Jenna Cole (Norwin) had 17 points and five rebounds in a 93-56 win over Alfred State. La Roche (18-6, 18-2) secured the No. 1 seed in the AMCC playoffs.

Pitt-Greensburg: The Bobcats (17-6, 17-2) finished the regular season with a 70-67 loss to La Roche and will be the No. 4 seed in the AMCC Tournament.

Senior Colleen Murphy finished with 17 points, junior Nadege Durand added 14 points and 11 rebounds, freshman Sidney McCully added 11 points and junior Shaqouia McCray had 10.

Junior Maddy Coddington dished out a season-best six assists.

For La Roche, senior Jenna Cole (Norwin) had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Point Park: Junior guard Michelle Burns (Hempfield) had 14 points and six assists in a 92-88 victory over Ohio Christian.

Saint Vincent: Senior Kayla Slovenec scored 15 points, senior Erin Giancola added 12 and junior Jenna Lafko had 10 to lead the Bearcats to an 82-40 win over Geneva to clinch the top seed and a double-bye in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs.

The Bearcats (19-6, 15-1) rallied from 16 down in the third quarter to defeat Chatham, 97-87, as junior guard Madison Kollar (Latrobe) scored 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting, and Lafko scored 18, junior Carlee Kilgus added 16 and Slovenec had 10.

WCCC: Sophomores Hannah Hempfield (Mt. Pleasant) and Mackenzie Markle (Latrobe) were named to the All-WPCC team. Hempfield averaged 15.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists during the regular season, and Markle, a first-year player, scored 17.4 points a game and pulled down 11.4 rebounds.

Wrestling

Iowa: Junior Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional), the top-ranked 125-pounder in the nation and a two-time national champion, moved to 15-0 with a 12-3 victory over Oklahoma State’s Nick Piccininni, who was ranked fourth. No. 1 Iowa downed the No. 9 Cowboys, 34-6.

Pitt: Redshirt sophomore Micky Phillippi (Derry) helped No. 1o Pitt knock off No. 7 Virginia Tech, 18-13. Phillippi, the fifth-ranked wrestler in the country at 133 pounds, scored a 4-1 decision over No. 22 Collin Gerardi for his 23rd win of the season.

Baseball

Chatham: Former Seton Hill coach D.J. Cannon, coach of the Cougars, ran into an interesting situation in his coaching debut at Mt. Aloysius.

Cannon managed against his brother, Doug, a junior pitcher for Mt. Aloysius. “Doogie” got the best of his big brother as the Mounties won 4-3. He tossed five innings, allowed two hits and have up one earned run to earn the win.

Seton Hill: Freshman Owen Sabol (Norwin) had four hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored three times as the Griffins split a doubleheader with visiting Walsh. Sabol went 3 for 4 with a two-run homer in a 10-6 loss. Sophomore Isaiah DiAndreth (Hempfield) went 3 for 4 with a double and triple.

In a 2-0 win in Game 1, junior Jared Kollar (Latrobe) tossed six scoreless innings, struck out 10 and walked two, and junior Jordan Fiedor (Hempfield) tripled and junior Derek Orndorff went 2 for 2.

Kollar was named the PSAC West Co-Pitcher of the Week.

Women’s lacrosse

Waynesburg: Freshman Eve O’Sullivan (Latrobe) scored three goals in a 7-5 victory over Thomas More that snapped a 45-game losing streak for the program.

Men’s tennis

Saint Vincent: Sophomore Aaron Kuhn (Norwin) was named PAC Player of the Week after he posted two victories in a 5-4 team win over Juniata. He won a 6-0, 6-0 match at No. 6 singles and set a school record with 16 aces. He paired with Sam Butler to win at No. 3 doubles.

Teammate Evan Ray was tabbed the PAC Freshman of the Week.

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